Confession has three parts that are absolutely necessary for the Christian life and for developing a healthy psyche.

It is very, very dangerous to commune without the proper preparation.

Fr. Ted reminds us that our first call is to be truly Christian.

The reason the Nativity fast exists is to remind us of who we are in Christ and what we cannot take with us to the world to come.

Everything we do that has spiritual meaning should happen within the Church.

When your soul is not filled with the Holy Spirit, there is room for other things to enter.

Sunday school should just be about reinforcing what is taught in the Divine Litrgy and not a replacement of it.

Thanksgiving should be the core of our being as Orthodox Christians.

God calls us from the rest of humanity to become something different than what we are.

The deep symbolism in the Church is there to involve us, but it takes time, effort, and education for this to occur.